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Claude helps recover $395,000 in bitcoin trapped on a computer for years

crypto CoinDesk By Shaurya Malwa Thu, 14 May 2026 05:34:15 GMT 1 min read
Claude helps recover $395,000 in bitcoin trapped on a computer for years

The owner had been trying for eight weeks to brute-force the password on their current Blockchain.com wallet, testing roughly 3.5 trillion combinations using the btcrecover service on a rented computing chip.

The owner had been trying for eight weeks to brute-force the password on their current Blockchain.com wallet, testing roughly 3.5 trillion combinations using the btcrecover service on a rented computing chip.

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